Ever thought about dumping 100 tons of iron oxide into the ocean? Well, Russ George certainly has. Listen to #WeAreSTSpodcast Ep205 to hear #UCLSTS students on his #geoengineering 'experiment' trying to fight the #climatecrisis—and about one or two slightly more scientific solutions, too.

The climate crisis is not just imminent, it's here—and #UCLSTS students are focused on solutions. Hear their ideas on everything from #oceans and #geoengineering to #imagination and #activism, now on #WeAreSTSpodcast Ep205. Available at buff.ly/J2gAstX or wherever you get your podcasts.

Is your Mac charger a site of #geopolitics? According to #UCL's Dr. Saheli Datta Burton, the answer is yes—and the contention is just getting interesting. Hear Saheli explain on #WeAreSTSpodcast's newest Ep204 at buff.ly/YJaNe54, or wherever you get your podcasts. #technology #STS #policy #EU #China

'If the states don't intervene, then there is a chance that the state itself will be left behind.' Saheli Datta Burton discusses her new paper on how technological standard setting is an arena of #geopolitical power on #WeAreSTSpodcast Ep204—available now in your podcast app, or at buff.ly/YJaNe54.

'Once you have a patent on a technology, it establishes economic gains for that piece of technology for about 25 years.' Hear how technological #standards are now more than ever becoming a site of power politics, on #WeAreSTSpodcast Ep204 — out today! buff.ly/AQTvJsS

What happens when a country stops just taking technological #standards, and starts making them? Listen to #WeAreSTSpodcast Ep204, out Friday, to hear how #China and companies like Huawei may be setting the mold for new technologies like 5G—and how that may lend them lasting power. buff.ly/JsEwRhz

"Something that might start out as a kind of niche interest, but not too problematic... They can start sending you more and more things that get more and more radical." Learn how social media companies are making you want to buy #beauty on #WeAreSTSpodcast Ep203: #BabyBotox

You’ve heard about the Elgin Marbles and Benin Bronzes (looking at you, #BritishMuseum). But what about the First Nations artifacts that tribes say are dying on display? Dive into the colonial politics of #museums on #WeAreSTSpodcast Ep24: Who Are Museums REALLY Speaking For https://buff.ly/49LC104

"Someone is likely financially benefitting from telling you that you need this product or treatment. 'Preventative' or 'baby Botox' is just Botox, but marketed to young people." Hear more on #WeAreSTSpodcast Ep203: https://buff.ly/3VNBvbY, or wherever you get your podcasts. #botox #antiaging #ibdp

Why do some physicists consider galaxy cluster mergers to be the 'smoking gun' for noninteracting particle #darkmatter? What do 50% of the words in that sentence mean? Find out with UCL graduate Mary Westover in #WeAreSTSPodcast Ep201: https://buff.ly/3Vtmzjl #uclsts #scicomm #particlephysics

social media is like digital junk food except it makes you want to eat fewer donuts instead of more. an obvious miss imo, maybe we should start curating our digital diets instead... 🧐 https://buff.ly/3ZF866d #babybotox #showerthoughts #plasticsurgery #aesthetics #uclsts #wearestspodcast

'We know that they make obscene amounts of profit … We know that they can limit these things when they want. You only have to look at where Tiktok originated in China, and the things that aren't allowed on the platform over there.' –Dr Shaughnessy, UCL, #WeAreSTSPodcast Ep203

ever want to run away from all civil society, claim a former british navy platform in the english channel as your own and declare it your own country? 🏄🌊🐠 too bad for you somebody got there first 😕 learn by example from the principality of #sealand on #WeAreSTSPodcast : https://buff.ly/4iBEONs

Under-tens on Tiktok buying £60 'anti-aging' skincare. Twenty-year-olds getting preventative Botox injections. Everyone is obsessed with looking young, and social media is only feeding the beast. Catch UCL's Maddy Ross on the case with the #WeAreSTSPodcast: https://buff.ly/4fQvzHj #babybotox #uclsts

What is dark matter and why does it... well, matter? To learn what makes dark matter so relatably W.I.M.P.-y, listen to #WeAreSTSPodcast Ep201: Dark Matter and the Search for Elusive Evidence, at https://buff.ly/3D61JA2 or anywhere you get your podcasts. #darkmatter #uclsts #particlephysics #science

The WeAreSTS podcast also has a new addition — you can call me Cap, and in future if you notice any Gen-Z-seeming antics on our socials you can assume they come from me 😝 #uclsts

The WeAreSTS podcast from University College London has come to Bluesky! Find our ongoing Season 2 on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all the apps. ALSO find us on Youtube and at our new home https://buff.ly/3CQx4Xv. #sts #uclsts #science #technology #scicomm